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Types of Bearings There are many tapes of bearings of variations in the design of rings and separators and in the number of balls. They can be divided into classes according to their function; those that support a radial, those that support a thrust load, or those that support a combination of thrust and radial loads. 1. Deep groove radial ball bearings In deep-groove ball bearings, the races are approximately one-fourth as deep as the ball diameter, although deep-groove ball bearings are designed to carry a radial load. They perform well under a combined radial and thrust load. For this reason, it is the widely used type of ball bearing. 2. Filled-notch ball bearings The most effective way of increasing bearing load ball capacity is to increase the ball complement. Filled-notch ball bearings are accomplished by cutting a notch in the races of a conventional bearing, thereby permitting the insertion of the balls. Once the balls have been inserted into the bearing through the notch is filled by an insert. The insert should be kept on the unloaded side of the bearing, for it weakens the race. The increase ball complement makes possible a 20 to 40 percent increase in radial-load capacity over that of the normal deep-groove bearing, depending on bearing size. The thrust capacity of the filled notch type is only20% of the thrust capacity of the deep-groove bearing. 3. Angular contact bearings A unidirectional thrust bearing, which is the most popular form of angular contact bearings, is common to us. This type of bearing is designed to support combined radial and unidirectional thrust loads. The amount of thrust load that this bearing can support is heavier than the smaller-contact-angle. A contact angle of zero corresponds to a radial bearing; a contact angle of 90 degree corresponds to thrust bearing. 4. Self-aligning ball bearings Self-aligning ball bearings normally have two rows of balls that roll in a common spherical race in the outer ring. Because of the d